by Steve Dew-Jones | 16 May 2014 | News
One of four Christian converts detained in Shiraz’s Adel Abad Prison for over two years has been granted conditional release. Mohammed Reza Partovi was serving a sentence of three years and eight months, alongside fellow converts Vahid Hakani, Mojtaba Hosseini and...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 28 Apr 2014 | News
After more than 36 days, imprisoned Christian convert Vahid Hakani’s hunger strike continues. Vahid is protesting against the verdicts issued by the judicial authorities against him and three fellow converts, Mojtaba Hosseini, Homayoun Shekoohi and...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 22 Apr 2014 | News
Seven Christians were arrested at a house church in southern Tehran on Good Friday. The seven have been named as Nazi Irani, Maryam Asadi, Ali Arfa, Amin Mazloumi, and three Afghan nationals: Ehsan Sadeghi, Vahid Safi and Enayat Safi. Agents from the Ministry of...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 28 Mar 2014 | News
Christian prisoner Vahid Hakani has gone on hunger strike after his request for conditional release was rejected. He is also protesting against poor conditions in Shiraz’s Adel Abad Prison. Vahid has already been hospitalised once during his time in prison, as a...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 2 Mar 2014 | Witness Statements
Background 1. My name is Davood Irani and I am from Tabriz. I became a Christian on 28 August, 2005. 2. I was born in a non-religious family, but like all Iranians I was forcefully deemed a Muslim from birth. Not that I was not a Muslim but I...
